"In science, it's dangerous to lie; if discovered, the liar is cast out of the group as a faker and fraud. In religion......,it's dangerous to tell the truth: if discovered, the truth-teller is cast out of the group as a heretic and a traitor." - Thomas Szasz
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"Don't think too much...."
by Tornintwo ina couple of middle aged jw sisters dropped round unannounced the other day, they were only being kind i suppose, after some awkward silences i voiced a couple of my issues with the religion, (the safe ones), sort of an explanation as to why i'm no longer attending, namely: everyone else will die, lack of support for young ones, mistreatment/judgementalism by prominent ones who get away with it because 'they're imperfect and we have to wait on jehovah' etc.
well, after sympathizing and telling me horror stories about awful elders and their own kids' issues in the past (how some left the truth, had bitter divorces from fellow witnesses etc) they then begged me to 'come back to jehovah', 'he misses me' apparently.
finally, the more pushy one summed it up with 'you're thinking too much, it's not good for you', 'some issues you just have to put in a drawer and forget about....'.. hmm nice reasoning sisters, theocratic school training at its finest!
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The Governing Body had a very important meeting last wednesday
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the beautiful animal paintings by paul james.. eden.
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Of Minions and Smurfs
by oppostate indidn't take too long for the minions to join the smurfs as being satanic in the minds of some jw's.
whadda-bunch-of-bull-hukey-puckiesi!.
this showed up on jw facebook timelines today.. .
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"Behold! The Great Crowd of Minions! Therefore, Advertise, Advertise, Advertise the King and his Minions!!!!!
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Revelation - it's grand climax is at hand
by Listener insome people point out the subliminal pictures in the wtbts publications but sometimes things are just so obvious, such as the title of the book above.. the person who came up with the title for this book must have had a good old laugh.. interestingly, this book first came out in 1988 and has not been included in the online library but nothing has replaced it.
the org is really going backwards when they ditch old light and cannot come up with anything new.
they are real wankers ;)..
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If I may continue with Watson's post.................
Hold fast to what is fine - in my pants.
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Kenneth Flodin: ‘This Generation Will ... Not Pass Away’ (Matt. 24:34)
by wifibandit inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc
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"J.A Bengel states in his NEW TESTAMENT WORD STUDIES: 'The Hebrews ......reckon seventy-five years as one generation,...'. Awake - April 8, 1988 page 14 -
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More Silly Stuff from jw.org videos
by OnTheWayOut inthis is a facebook link and i just can't bring myself to dig into jw .
org and find it.there's no trick here, but i think you have to be logged in to see it.
if anyone could figure out how to repost this, that would be great.
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How Long Can a Generation Last?
The Greek word for generation is genea, used by Matthew, Mark and Luke in their accounts of Jesus words. It can have different applications according to the context. However, THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY defines it as: "Those born at the same time...Associated with this is the meaning; the body of ones contemporaries, an age." A GREEK LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT states: "The sum total of those born at the same time, expanded to include all those living at a given time generation, contemporaries." These definitions allow for all those who were born around the time of a historic event and all those who were alive at that time.
J.A. Bengel states in his NEW TESTAMENT WORD STUDIES: "THE Hebrews....reckon seventy-five years as one generation, and the words, shall not pass away, intimate that the greater part of that generation (of Jesus day)indeed, but not the whole of it , should have passed away before all should be fulfilled."
AWAKE - April 8, 1988 pg 13+14
Hey Brother Governing Body Helper, I have a question for you. Don't you ever read what has been written in the past as TRUTH or do you just have a selective memory?
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Of Minions and Smurfs
by oppostate indidn't take too long for the minions to join the smurfs as being satanic in the minds of some jw's.
whadda-bunch-of-bull-hukey-puckiesi!.
this showed up on jw facebook timelines today.. .
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Here you go, stuckinarut2!
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Kenneth Flodin: ‘This Generation Will ... Not Pass Away’ (Matt. 24:34)
by wifibandit inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc
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JW message becoming more and more relevant
by lsw1961 inmans requirements are limited which can be satisfied with a little and tension-free endeavor..
however man attempts not only to collect but also to grab and amass everything to the excess.
somehow he feels that he can be happy only when he has in abundance whereas others have nothingwhich seems to be the thread that runs throughout the history.
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Cofty.....I think John is still formulating his reply.
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JW message becoming more and more relevant
by lsw1961 inmans requirements are limited which can be satisfied with a little and tension-free endeavor..
however man attempts not only to collect but also to grab and amass everything to the excess.
somehow he feels that he can be happy only when he has in abundance whereas others have nothingwhich seems to be the thread that runs throughout the history.
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Fuck him and fuck all who follow such barbaric inhumanity.
Is that your final answer, Simon?
Don't forget that the Governing Body Helpers are jockeying for position too! They are an important part of the spiritual feeding channel!
